Coverage
All thirteen Local Government Areas
Participants are drawn from every Local Government Area of Nasarawa State and train together at a single centre in Lafia.
How coverage works
Thirteen areas of origin, one place of training
The two are different things, and the distinction matters when you are deciding whether to apply.
The 1,500 places are drawn from every Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, allocated so that no Local Government Area is excluded. The allocation is by Local Government Area and by stream, and it is published before nominations close, so that the reach of the scheme is visible from the start rather than discovered at selection.
The training itself is not distributed across the thirteen areas. All three streams are delivered on the same dates at one centre in Lafia, after a guided week that every participant takes online on this platform from wherever they live. One centre keeps facilitation, equipment and assessment consistent across the three streams rather than varying by location.
Outreach and sensitisation are delivered through senatorial-district cluster events with Local Government focal points, rather than as thirteen separate events.
Origin
The three senatorial districts
The thirteen Local Government Areas nominees are drawn from, grouped as the outreach clusters are grouped.
Senatorial district
Nasarawa North
- Akwanga
- Nasarawa Egon
- Wamba
Senatorial district
Nasarawa South
- Awe
- Doma
- Keana
- Lafia
- Obi
Senatorial district
Nasarawa West
- Karu
- Keffi
- Kokona
- Nasarawa
- Toto
There are thirteen Local Government Areas in total. Nasarawa is both the name of the State and the name of one of its Local Government Areas; on the nomination form, give the Local Government Area in which you actually reside.
Cohorts
Three cohorts, one per stream
Each cohort takes the same guided week online and the same days at the centre. Dates remain subject to confirmation by the Supervising Office.
NAS-AG-01
Agriculture Skills — Nasarawa 2026
- Guided week online. 7–13 September 2026
- At the centre. 14–16 September 2026, including the closing day
- Venue. To be announced
NAS-BD-01
Business Development Skills — Nasarawa 2026
- Guided week online. 7–13 September 2026
- At the centre. 14–16 September 2026, including the closing day
- Venue. To be announced
NAS-DG-01
Digital Skills — Nasarawa 2026
- Guided week online. 7–13 September 2026
- At the centre. 14–16 September 2026, including the closing day
- Venue. To be announced
The commitment
Stated plainly
Two commitments the scheme is held to, and what each of them actually means in practice.
No Local Government Area is excluded
Every one of the thirteen Local Government Areas carries an allocation in each of the three streams. Demand will exceed supply — 700 agriculture places in a State with an estimated 180,000 farming families is a visible constraint, and the scheme does not pretend otherwise. The answer to that is an allocation published in advance and applied honestly, not a larger promise.
Inclusion is a floor, not an aspiration
Not less than 50 per cent of participants in each stream shall be women, youth and persons living with disabilities. Venue selection, seating and practical arrangements accommodate participants with mobility impairments, and the nomination form asks what accommodation a nominee needs so that the commitment can be delivered rather than counted after the fact.